QL2 DANCE’S new show “Leap into Chaos”, a double bill running at Canberra College Theatre from October 15-18, with the Chaos project “Touch” in the first section and Quantum Leap’s show “Sympathetic Monsters” in the second. Choreographers are Alison Plevey, Olivia Fyfe, Ryan Stone and Jack Ziesing. The live shows are sold out but fear not, Wildbear Entertainment will be filming and it can be viewed on October 23 from 6pm-9pm. Book here.  

ARTISTS Helen, Mio and Johannes Kuhnen, after leaving their Manuka premises before covid struck, have set up the new Bilk Gallery in a private studio, 10 minutes outside Queanbeyan on Captains Flat Road. They’ll still hold exhibitions of contemporary jewellery and objects, starting in November, but have now set up their website for online purchases, partnering with Art Money so patrons can purchase work over a 10-month plan. Appointments at [email protected]

AMBUSH Gallery at ANU Kambri is celebrating campus life over the past seven decades with a new exhibition, “Woroni – 70 Years of Outrage and Activism”. Taken from the archives of “Woroni” which began in 1950, it’s morphed into a print magazine, a website, a radio station and a TV program. The show includes a seven-metre-long timeline feature wall and a display of full-colour reprints of dozens of past Woroni covers. Until November 1, 10am-6pm weekdays and noon-5pm on weekends.

VETERAN Canberra region ceramicist Hiroe Swen is holding an exhibition called “Hiroe Swen, a lifetime in ceramics”, career milestones and new work at Sturt Gallery, Range Rd, Mittagong, until November 15. Inquiries at 4860 2083.

CANBERRA Union Voices are rising “phoenix-like” from the ashes under the directorship of Chrissie Shaw to hold sessions for term 4 at the Tradies Club/Quality Inn, Badham Street, Dickson on Wednesdays from 2-3.30pm, with songs on the menu like “If it weren’t for the Union”, “We Shall Not Give Up the Fight”, and of course “Joe Hill”. Starts on October 14. Registrations at [email protected]

“CITYNEWS” musical theatre writer Bill Stephens was asked by KT Sullivan, director of the New York Cabaret Convention, virtual this year, to track down either David Campbell or Tim Draxl, both of whom performed at his School of Arts Cafe in Queanbeyan to represent Australian cabaret. He managed to get Draxl in the nick of time.

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